Mount Pearl
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| Motto: "Omnia Ad Dei Gloriam" (Latin) "All things for the glory of God" |
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 Mount Pearl
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| Coordinates: 47°31′08″N 52°48′21″W / 47.51889°N 52.80583°W | |||||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Census division | 1 | ||||
| Settled | 1834 | ||||
| Incorporated (town) | January 11, 1955 | ||||
| Incorporated (city) | July 21, 1988 | ||||
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| • Mayor | Randy Simms | ||||
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Steve Kent (PC) Paul Lane (Lib) |
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| • MP | Seamus O'Regan (Lib) | ||||
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| • Total | 15.76 km2 (6.08 sq mi) | ||||
| Population (2016) | |||||
| • Total | 22,957 | ||||
| Time zone | Newfoundland Time (UTC-3:30) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | Newfoundland Daylight (UTC-2:30) | ||||
| Area code(s) | 709 | ||||
| Website | mountpearl.ca | ||||
Mount Pearl is the second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Mount Pearl is part of the St. John's metropolitan area, the 20th largest metropolitan area in Canada.
Mount Pearl dates back to 1829, when Commander James Pearl and his wife, Lady Anne Pearl, arrived in Newfoundland with a Crown grant of one thousand acres (4 km²) of land, a reward for Commander Pearl's 27 years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy. In 1830, Commander Pearl built a house upon the most elevated section of his estate and named it Mount Cochrane in honour of then-governor Sir Thomas Cochrane. After the governor left Newfoundland, Pearl renamed the site Mount Pearl. Pearl was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order of Hanover and received the honour of Knight Bachelor from Queen Victoria. He died suddenly at his Mount Pearl estate on January 13, 1840, at the age of 50 years. In 1844, Sir James Pearl's wife, Lady Anne, moved to London, England. John Lester, who had come from Devonshire, England to work for James Pearl, continued working the Pearl Estate, leasing it from Lady Anne Pearl for another 14 years. In her will, she left John Lester 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land called "Anna Vale", (present day Glendale) which he later sold. The Pearl estate eventually came into the hands of Andrew Glendenning, who worked it as successful farmland well into the 1920s. John Lester purchased other land (124 acres opposite the Pearl Estate on Brookfield Road) from Edward Dunscomb and later inherited another 50 acres (200,000 m2) on Old Placentia Road (present day Admiralty Wood) from Pearl's sister, Eunice Blamey. John Lester died in 1893 leaving his estate, called "FairMead", to sons Ashton and James. Fairmead is the site of Lester's Market today.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Mount Pearl became the meeting place of affluent members of society and lovers of horseracing. A large open air gallery, with benches for spectators to view surrounding lands was erected on "The Mount" in the 1940s. Horseracing continued to be prominent and Mount Pearl began to develop into something of a summer resort for St. John’s residents. Increased population during summer months led to increased population year round and eventual residential and industrial development.
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